[406] _Gætulice._ Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Cossus received the name of Gætulicus from his victory over the Gætuli, "Auspice Augusto," in his consulship with L. Calpurnius Piso Augur. B.C. 1. Vid. Clinton, F. H., in an. Flor., iv., 12. [407] _Silanus._ The son-in-law of the Emperor Claudius, who, as Tacitus says (Ann., xvi., 7), "Claritudine generis, and modestâ juventâ præcellebat." Cf. Ann., xii. Suet., Claud., 27. "Hail from whatever stock you draw your birth, The son of Cossus, or the son of earth." Gifford. [408] _Osiri invento._ Vid. ad vi., 533. [409] _Nanum cujusdam._ There is probably an allusion here to Domitian's fondness for these deformities. Cf. Domit., iv., "Per omne spectaculum ante pedes ei stabat puerulus coccinatus, _parvo portentosoque capite_, cum quo plurimum fabulabatur." Cf. Stat., Sylv., i.; vi., 57, _seq._ [410] _Scabie._ "That mangy larcenist of casual spoil, From lamps extinct that licks the fetid oil." Badham. [411] _Creticus._ Q. Metellus had this surname from his conquest of Crete, B.C. 67. Vell. Pat., ii., 34. Flor., iii., 7. Cf. ii., 78, "Cretice pelluces." P. Sulpicius Camerinus was one of the triumvirs sent to Athens for Solon's laws. Cf. vii., 90. Liv., iii., 33. Camerinus was a name of the Sulpician gens, and seems to have been derived from the conquest of Cameria in Latium. (Cf. Facciol.) Liv., i., 38. The name of Creticus was actually given in derision to M. Antonius, father of the triumvir, for his disastrous failure in Crete. Vid. Plut. in Ant. [412] _Rubellius_ Blandus was the father, Plautus the son. Both readings are found here. Of the latter Tacitus says (Ann., xiv., 22), "Omnium ore Rubellius Plautus celebrabatur, _cui nobilitas per matrem ex Julia familiâ_." His mother Julia was daughter of Drusus, the son of Livia, wife of Augustus. Germanicus, his mother's brother, was father of Agrippina, mother of Nero: hence, inf. 72, "inflatum plenumque Nerone propinquo." Cf. Virg., Æn., i., 288, "Julius a magno demissum nomen Julo." [413] _Aggere._ Cf. ad vi., 588. [414] _Vivas._ "Long may'st thou taste the secret sweets that spring In breasts affined to so remote a king." Gifford. [415] _Nobilis indocti._ "Who help the well-born dolt in many a strait, And plead the cause of the unletter'd great." Badham. [416] _Marmoreum._ "For 'tis no bar to kindred, that thy block Is form'd of flesh and blood, and theirs of rock." Gifford. [417] _Fervet._ "Frequenter celebratur." Lubin. Some commentators interpret it of the eager clapping of the hands of the spectators: others, of the prize of victory. "The palm of oft-repeated victories." Hodgson. "Whom many a well-earned palm and trophy grace." Gifford. "Whose easy triumph and transcendent speed, Palm after palm proclaim." Badham. [418] _Nepos_, the name of a noted miller at Rome. [419] _Aliquid._ "Sometimes great." So i., 74, "Si vis esse _aliquis_." Hall imitates this beautifully: